She Is Dead And All Fall Down
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Since disappointment and despair The vainness of al hopes declare Since toss'd upon this restless main I strive 'gainst wind and waves in vain The more I struggle for the shore Misfortunes overwhelm the more Then since I struggle to maintain And strive alas to live in vain I'll hope no more--since prov'd and tried The feeble light she once supplied Resembled but a taper's ray That only burns to die away And leave one lost in endless night (My follies but exposed to sight) Then come misfortunes as you will Oppressions sink we lower still Haste keen despair and urge my doom And all that haunt the wretched come Fate from my heart all fears expunge I stand resolv'd to take the plunge Oh thou great Being who resides Far above where yon ether glides Whose power almighty piercing eye Marks all on earth in air and sky Who oft (such care we ought to praise) This sand-grain call'd a world surveys Nor deems unworthy of thy care Vain men as worthless as we are Wh ooft with liberal hands bestows Thy guiding mercy here below And while our sins so multiply Like mountains heap'd before thee lie So loath - so tempted to chastize And then to bless us in disguise To disappoint our restless schemes Our airy hopes and foolish dreams Is but to prove the empty shew Or painting happiness below Oh thou that hears the wretched call Thou universal friend to all...
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